Designating user names

[softhead]

I would like to create user names that simply takes the user's first and last name and put them together. My problem is, if there are duplicate names, I would like the field to automatically calculate it so that it ends up being FirstLast2, FirstLast3 etc... How would I go about doing that?

Thanks, Anita

[Louisa]

Hi,

This is going to need a script. I suggest a procedure something like this. User enters their first name and last name. These are then combined in a calculation field (Name) to be FirstLast. Then a search of the UserName field is searched. This will return all the UserNames which contain this combination. If there are no users with that name then the new UserName is Name, else it is Name and a number.

The script would look something like this:

Copy [Name]

Enter Find Mode []

Paste [userName]

Perform Find []

If (Status (CurrentFoundCount) = 0)

Set [userName = Name]

Else

Set [userName = Name & (Status(CurrentFoundCount) +1)]

End If

Good luck!

[softhead]

Thank you SO much for your help! I used a slightly modified version of the script you provided and it now works great!

Thanks

Anita